"Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures." - Henry Ward Beecher

 

	Encaustic is a painting medium with luminous color and a lush surface. Pigment and hot beeswax are applied to a surface. It is fused with heat between each layer or stroke of paint. All paintings are on a firm panel or paneled box.

 

Lotus

Barbara's Lily

Orchids

	Pigments mixed with an acrylic vehicle.

Tulips

Birthday Bouquet

Grapefruit

Iris

	A unique print created by pressing paper against the surface of a painting done on glass or gelatin. A print can have multiple layers. All figurative work is from original photographs.

Trailing Phalaenopsis

Phalaenopsis in Pink

Lilians Flowers

 

© 2008 Valerie Lynch.

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